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and have recess until 1 o'clock, when the regular lectures recommence till 6 o'clock 

 p. m. 



Supper at 7 o'clock, as already mentioned. 



On Sundays the pupils will l>e accompanied to church by their professors. 



Estimate of cost. 



1 ,360 acres of land, fenced in, at $30 per acre $40, 800 



The buildings, inclusive of the furniture of the institute 60, 000 



Livestock 20,000 



Implements, harness, a large balance scale, etc 5, 000 



Apparatus of the beet-sugar manufactory 4, 000 



Grist mill 1 , 500 



Pump, water reservoir, and hydrants 800 



Steam engine of 12 horsepower 1, 500 



Tools, lathes for workshops 600 



Library 1,500 



Physical and chemical apparatus, collection of minerals, bisects, skeletons, etc 3, 000 



Floating capital 20, 000 



Making 158, 700 



The expense for a steward, and servants required for the service of the pupils and 

 professors, should be paid from the income of board. 



The treasurer and clerks, and the superintendents of the different branches of the 

 farm, should be paid from the revenue of the farm, of the manufactory, etc., and the 

 surplus should be applied for the accommodation of more pupils, for the increase of 

 the library, apparatus, etc. 



The salary of the director should be, $2,000; the salary of five professors, $5,000; 

 and that of a teacher, $600, making $7,600, exclusive of freeboard and lodging; which, 

 together with the salaries, would require a capital of $140,000 at 6 per cent. 



The total sum required for this institution would amount to $298,700. 



CHAKLES LEWIS FLEISCHMANN, 

 Graduate of the Royal Agricultural School of Bavaria, 



and a citizen of the United States. 

 January 10, 1839 Senate. 



Mr. ASHEE ROBBINS offered concurrent resolution (S. 7): 



Resolved by the Senate (the House concurring), That a joint committee be appointed, 

 consisting of seven members of the Senate and such a number of said House as they 

 shall appoint, to consider the expediency of providing an institution of learning, to 

 be established in the city of Washington, for the application of the legacy bequeathed 

 by Mr. James Smithson, of London, to the United States in trust for that purpose; 

 also to consider the expediency of a charter for such an institution, together with 

 the powers and privileges which in their opinion the said ckarter ought to confer; 

 also to consider the expediency of ways and means to be provided by Congress, 

 other than said legacy, but in addition thereto, and in aid of said benevolent inten- 

 tion; and to report by bill or bills, or otherwise. 



Mr. ROBBINS remarked: 



"The motive to this noble legacy was, as the will expresses it, 'The 

 increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.' Noble, indeed, it 

 was in every point of view; noble as coming from a stranger with 

 whom this country had no personal relations; speaking at once his high 

 sense of our merit while it proclaimed his own; noble in amount, and 



